Vintage Summer Love

I have a secret romance with anything to do with Cape Cod.  Maybe ’cause I was a Nanny on Nantucket for a Summer back in college? Nope- the kids were total Brat-O’s.  Maybe ’cause I spent part of my Honeymoon there?  Kennedy’s of Camelot?   Whatever it is…Cape Cod and my love of Vintage Summer decor has a special place in my heart.

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The colors and embellishments of the Vintage Summer collection from Little Yellow Bicycle reminds me of clapboard cottages, sandy beaches and the quaint lighthouses of Cape Cod.  {Love, Love!}

My husband and I spent part of our honeymoon on Nantucket and since we recently celebrated our 14th anniversary, I got a lil’ sentimental and decided to make a Vintage Summer home decor project, mixed media style.

Nope, this isn’t a photo of us on on honeymoon either, we’re not even in Cape Cod, I just like it.

Since the collection reminds me of clapboard cottages, I choose to include a wood element in my project by painting and distressing a wood board to use as the project base.

I used my Silhouette to cut out a Lighthouse cut file using a variety of the Vintage Summer cardstock, gave the windows texture by cutting small pieces out of a burlap tag and adhered them behind the windows.   Yes, cutting up a  burlap tag was a lil’ hard to do…Gulp!

What’s unique about the Vintage Summer collection, is it pairs nicely with the Little Yellow Bicycle Naturals Collection.  I mixed and matched the collections together by combining the cork, burlap and the canvas embellishments. 

I machine stitched a zig-zag stitch around the edge of blue gingham paper, used my Silhouette again to cut out a Lori Whitlock Clouds  cut file then made them dimensional and  stuck a cute Vintage Summer stick pin and cork heart stick pin from the Naturals Collection.

So, what’s the beach without a cute beach bag?  I did mention how much I love these papers so I couldn’t resist creating another project out of it.

I used my Silhouette again to cut out a Beach Style Gift Bag cut file from Megan Hardy Designs out of a piece of Patchwork Quilt paper then embellished the bag with Vintage Summer paper flowers and a Naturals wood button.